Principal Network Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Bolton; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to oversee technical operations in cloud and on-premises environments. The role demands extensive expertise in managing network infrastructure, with a strong emphasis on security, observability, and high availability. Candidates should possess significant experience with Palo Alto products and an understanding of cloud infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled professional looking to influence infrastructure management in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Palo Alto and Prisma.
• Field experience in designing and deploying BGP.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, and GCP cloud providers.

Responsibilities

• Manage hosting environments with a focus on observability and high availability.
• Support system and network infrastructure including firewalls, routers, and load balancers.
• Oversee legacy infrastructure while facilitating migration to modern systems.

Skills

Palo Alto portfolio experience

BGP design and troubleshooting

Enterprise-level system design

AWS

GCP

Azure

IPSEC

DHCP

DNS

Juniper switches and routers

VXLAN

EVPN

Load balancing

Job description

Principal Network Engineer

£85,000 plus annual bonus

Remote, UK

Are you a highly experienced Network Engineer with expertise in diverse infrastructure? We are seeking a Network Engineer to establish a Technical Operations-first approach to both cloud and on-premises setups.

The Network Engineer will be responsible for hosting environments, observability, high availability, information security with Infrastructure as Code (IaC). This is a senior role requiring experience managing multiple projects, including legacy infrastructure and migration to modern systems.

This role requires expertise in Palo Alto, Next Gen Firewalls, and Prisma.

The main focus will be on observability, high-availability, infosec, and IaC. You will support system and network infrastructure including switches, routers, load balancers, firewalls, compute, storage, and virtualization. Experience in mergers & acquisitions is highly advantageous.

Technical Expertise – Must Haves

• Strong Palo Alto portfolio experience with Prisma
• Solid understanding of BGP with field experience in designing, deploying, and troubleshooting
• Enterprise-level system and network design experience
• Experience working with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Knowledge of IPSEC, DHCP, DNS
• Strong experience with Juniper switches & routers (Cisco considered)
• Experience with VXLAN and EVPN
• Load balancing experience (HAProxy preferred; F5, A10, Kemp are acceptable alternatives)